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Tauranga residents unhappy with the sale of state houses in their area jumped at the opportunity to raise the issue with Labour leader David Shearer.

Dominion Finance director Robert Barry Whale - who was acquitted earlier this year in a case brought by the Serious Fraud Office - has pleaded guilty and been convicted on separate charges for misleading investors.

New Zealanders have spent more than $1.8 million booking space flights with the world's first commercial spaceline.

A 9-year-old boy is being spoken to by police Youth Aid after two fires in quick succession in Bay of Islands businesses.

Whangarei Mayor Morris Cutforth said he will not stand for re-election at the October election choosing to focus on his health instead.

The Supreme Court has reserved its ruling on whether to grant a Far North man - dubbed a drug kingpin for ruling over a multimillion-dollar dealing network - leave to appeal his conviction for manufacturing and supplying methamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis oil and ecstasy.

The trial of a man charged with the 2008 murder of Christchurch prostitute Mellory Manning is likely to start next year.

An online car dealer has been snared placing thousands of fake bids on more than 500 of its own auctions.

Candy Atkinson and her three children huddle together in a friend's bedroom at night and struggle to sleep, a week after a group of kids burgled and trashed their home.

One in three New Zealanders can't afford to heat their homes properly in winter, an especially acute issue for younger people, a survey shows.